Bruce McKibben has begun programming in 1997. His software (Macaos Enterprise) was one of the showcase entries for the Delphi 26th Showcase Challenge and we interviewed him to get more of his insights on working with Delphi. Go to the Macaos Enterprise website and learn more about the software.
When did you start using RAD Studio/Delphi and have long have you been using it?
The original…
The .NET Framework is Microsoft’s framework for building desktop and web applications. But it hasn’t received any new updates since 2019. Is the framework REALLY dead? Should you look for alternative solutions like windows tools for developers to develop applications…
We can easily write apps that communicate with IoT devices when we combine MQTT with Windows App Development like Delphi. Follow along with us now as Bruno Mileto tells us how to do it.
IoT – the unseen world
Internet of Things, or IoT, is a concept that defines…
I’m old enough to remember the days when movies used to have have copyright messages where the years were listed out in a series of letters. I like to think it added to the magic of the big screen movie experience to see things like MCMLXXVI underneath that roaring lion or a huge gong being banged to signal the start of a trip into the cinematic wonderland. A few years later our school was…
Low code app development is increasingly popular today, and for good reason: it speaks to the demand for software paired with the difficulty of creating it. In many ways, Delphi led the low code revolution: RAD, where you build software by connecting components in a visual…
Pietro Ruvolo has been programming ever since 1988. He has a showcase entry (D.Fence) at the Delphi 26th Showcase Challenge and we talked to him about his programming journey over the years. Check out his website on D.Fence.
When did you start using RAD Studio Delphi and…
In the recent Data ETL focused TCoffeeAndCode episode there was some excellent discussion around the use of FireDAC to extract and manipulate data in various ways. In this article, you’ll get through what Data ETL is, what is LiveBindings, using Live Bindings with an IDE software , using LiveBindings with custom binding expressions and many more.
The replay, in case you missed it, the replay…
In early 2015,HTTP/2was introduced as the new standard byIESG. This standard makes your application faster, simpler, and more robust. In this article, we take you through the differences between HTTP/1 and HTTP/2, the benefits, using HTTP/1 and HTTP/2 with…
WebSockets are gaining traction as more browsers, including those for mobile devices, support them. This article introduces WebSockets briefly and creates a chat app using a Websockets component for Delphi, a Windows Program Development, provided by Delphi component provider…
Continuing last week blog post on binding expressions, let’s see how components can participate, but creating expressions that refer to properties.
Last week I introduced Delphi RTL expression engine in the blog post at https://blog.marcocantu.com/blog/2021-may-delphi-expression-engine.html. Now let’s make an additional step. I want to explain how components and their properties can…
